Kuhse says, "—he [Nesbitt] also implicitly assumes that death is always and everywhere bad" (Kuhse 299). Perhaps if death were not considered an “evil,” then perhaps active euthanasia as a form of mercy would be considered a plausible action to take when a patient has a terminal illness or is in great pain. Kuhse uses the trucker accident to show readers exactly what he means by mercy. Since the second driver could not get out of the truck during the accident, and was burning alive, he asked the other driver to shoot him, to end his suffering, and so he did. Rachels would most likely agree with the actions of this truck driver, as well as many others, including myself; Nesbitt, and others like Nesbitt, might suggest that the truck driver has no right to kill a man, that killing him would still be murder, and that is wrong. While this may still technically be a form of murder, the truck driver acted as any human being with empathy and compassion would act towards someone, or something, who is dying and in great pain. Kuhse even suggests that if there were more people like the truck driver in the world than us, “they should be comforted by their presence” (Kuhse 298). In some cases, ending the life of someone in great pain, whether they specifically ask for active euthanasia or not, should be a considered option, because